Hello everyone!
I have an Atheros AR9285 chip in my laptop. My problem is that I can't turn it ON. I would appreciate if anyone know where should I look for, or what to do. So here is my troubleshooting and information:
Just installed Kali Linux 1.0.2 amd64 with Gnome, so I see that my wifi is not on.
System Settings --> Network
- Airplane is On, turned it off.
- Ethernet is On.
- Wifi is Off, can't turn it On.
Code:
root@kali:~# lspci
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
* I intentionally shortened the output of lspci.
Code:
root@kali:~# iwconfig
wlan1 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
So I try
ifconfig and see it's down,
Code:
root@kali:~# ifconfig wlan1 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
Now with these error, after a quick search, the obvious solution everywhere is to use rfkill.
Code:
root@kali:~# rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
root@kali:~# rfkill unblock all
root@kali:~# rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
I tried with "rfkill unblock wifi" and even in some forums someone said that unplugging the laptop and taking off the battery worked. (?).
So these are the modules,
Code:
root@kali:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
hid_generic 12386 0
usbhid 40793 0
hid 81617 2 hid_generic,usbhid
binfmt_misc 12958 1
loop 22955 0
arc4 12544 2
uvcvideo 66708 0
ath9k 83773 0
videobuf2_vmalloc 12665 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 12563 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core 26705 1 uvcvideo
videodev 92071 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
media 18185 2 uvcvideo,videodev
ath9k_common 12729 1 ath9k
joydev 17318 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 31480 1
i915 448745 3
ath9k_hw 328776 2 ath9k_common,ath9k
snd_hda_codec_idt 53756 1
iTCO_wdt 12832 0
drm_kms_helper 27236 1 i915
drm 202248 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
snd_hda_intel 30803 3
snd_hda_codec 88216 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
ath 21418 3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw
mac80211 348666 1 ath9k
cfg80211 144106 3 ath,ath9k,mac80211
hp_wmi 13330 0
i2c_i801 17046 0
sparse_keymap 12761 1 hp_wmi
snd_hwdep 13190 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 68524 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc 13019 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 22813 1 snd_pcm
snd 53078 13 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
soundcore 13027 1 snd
iTCO_vendor_support 12705 1 iTCO_wdt
hp_accel 25201 0
rfkill 19167 3 cfg80211,hp_wmi
lis3lv02d 17927 1 hp_accel
acpi_cpufreq 13355 1
evdev 17651 10
mei 31840 0
i2c_algo_bit 12842 1 i915
coretemp 12855 0
input_polldev 12907 1 lis3lv02d
lpc_ich 16758 0
i2c_core 24042 6 drm,i915,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,videodev
mfd_core 12602 1 lpc_ich
psmouse 69191 0
serio_raw 12941 0
mperf 12454 1 acpi_cpufreq
wmi 13244 1 hp_wmi
kvm 309830 0
crc32c_intel 12748 0
ghash_clmulni_intel 13063 0
cryptd 14561 1 ghash_clmulni_intel
processor 28456 1 acpi_cpufreq
button 12945 1 i915
battery 13147 0
video 17687 1 i915
ac 12625 0
ext4 371544 1
crc16 12344 1 ext4
jbd2 71913 1 ext4
mbcache 13115 1 ext4
sg 26096 0
sr_mod 21946 0
sd_mod 40550 3
cdrom 35213 1 sr_mod
crc_t10dif 12349 1 sd_mod
xhci_hcd 78154 0
ahci 25061 2
libahci 22919 1 ahci
thermal 17426 0
thermal_sys 22342 3 video,thermal,processor
libata 141636 2 ahci,libahci
r8169 52700 0
scsi_mod 162399 4 sg,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
ehci_hcd 40532 0
microcode 30457 0
mii 12676 1 r8169
usbcore 134001 4 uvcvideo,ehci_hcd,usbhid,xhci_hcd
usb_common 12355 1 usbcore
Tried removing hp_wmi and wmi, they are related to sitching the state of the wifi with a key (
link), but didn't worked.
The output of dmesg is quite long so here is
some selected output,
Code:
root@kali:~# dmesg | egrep 'wmi|ath|hp'
[ 0.000000] hpet clockevent registered
[ 0.404244] hpet0: at MMIO 0xfed00000, IRQs 2, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
[ 0.404249] hpet0: 8 comparators, 64-bit 14.318180 MHz counter
[ 0.406258] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.727804] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4
[ 0.727806] acpiphp: ACPI Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.5
[ 0.736978] rtc0: alarms up to one month, 242 bytes nvram, hpet irqs
[ 1.169524] ata5.00: ATAPI: hp DVD-RAM UJ8D1, H.01, max UDMA/100
[ 1.210044] scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM hp DVD-RAM UJ8D1 H.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 3.686617] wmi: Mapper loaded
[ 4.046717] hp_accel: laptop model unknown, using default axes configuration
[ 4.092761] Registered led device: hp::hddprotect
[ 4.782046] psmouse serio1: synaptics: Touchpad model: 1, fw: 7.5, id: 0x1e0b1, caps: 0xf00173/0x240000/0xa2400, board id: 2067, fw id: 1032759
[ 4.805918] ath: phy0: ASPM enabled: 0x43
[ 4.805927] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x6a
[ 4.805931] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 4.805937] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 4.805940] ath: Regpair used: 0x6a
[ 4.880838] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_rate_control'
[ 4.881344] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0
If want the complete output of dmesg, just ask and I'll post it. Any Ideas??
Thanks
Originally Posted by idetuxs
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